The latest tweet from the hacker shows he compromised the
database containing username and password details belong to these websites
"The database of #MileyCyrus, #SelenaGomez......etc with 2,5 million users
and pass is for sell, anyone interested email me at my mail"

Exclusive Information:

The hacker told E Hacking News that he found multiple
vulnerabilities in the Groundctrl website and gained access to the database
server.

He also gained access to the CMS panel which manages the
celebrities' websites.

GroundCtrl CMS Panel

Original Article:

A hacker going by online handle "Ethical Spectrum"
has hacked into websites belong to several celebrities and defaced the sites.

We are able to confirm that these are official websites of
the celebrities, as it is being linked from their twitter account.

According to hackers twitter account(@Eth_Spectrum), he
hacked into the above mentioned websites on March 8th. The website was restored after the
breach. However, hacker mentioned he once
again managed to deface them. ]

The defacement just reads "Why i hacked this site, you
can ask this person greg.patterson@groundctrl.com".

Greg Patterson is the co-founder of the Groundctrl, an
organization that build websites for artists.
It appears the security breach started from Groundctrl.

Other affected sites:

Pat Green(patgreen.com),

Rob Thomas(robthomasmusic.com),

Rock Mafia(rockmafia.com
),

ritawilson.com ,

sum41.com

nickcarter.net

jordanknight.com

If you are not able to see the defacement, you can find the
mirror here:

http://www.zone-h.org/archive/notifier=Ethical%20Spectrum

All of the affected websites are currently showing the
maintenance error message except groundctrl official website.

Hacker didn't provide much information about the breach, so
we are not sure how exactly he hacked into all of these websites, whether he
found a zero-day exploit on the cms developed by groundctrl or all of the
affected sites managed in a central place.